Medal: Pope Marcellus II, model 1555 (possibly cast 17th or 18th century), Bronze (Copper alloy with brown patina)., Diam. 7.8 cm, wt. 174.67 g., Medals, Giovanni Antonio Rossi (Italian, Milan 1517–died after 1575), The obverse shows a portrait of Pope Marcellus II; on the reverse is a depiction of Ecclesia, represented as a seated woman reading the Gospels and holding a rudder. Marcellus II (Marcello Cervini, 1501 – 1555), was pope for only twenty-two days in 1555
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Medal, Pope Marcellus II, model 1555, cast 17th, 18th century, Bronze, Copper alloy, brown patina, Diam, 7.8 cm, wt, 174.67 g, Medals, Giovanni Antonio Rossi, Italian, Milan, 1517–died after, 1575, obverse, portrait, Marcellus, II, reverse, depiction, Ecclesia, represented, seated woman, reading, Gospels, holding, rudder, Marcellus, Marcello Cervini, 1501, 1555, pope, twenty-two days
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